All my cleanup crew are dying

[Altohombre]

I don't think it was sudden. I may have got lazy and didn't do a water change for over 2 weeks. I usually add top off everyday so salinity probably goes down a fraction every other day.

Maybe I'm cruel but after checking everything and doing some maintenance I added 12 blue legged hermits (only crew I thought actually worked hard) so I will see how they make out.

 

[Bifferwine]

Have you done a copper test?

 

[cthegame]

If i was you, i would take a sample of water to a quality LFS and have them run all the tests including copper as biff suggested. If they wont do it for free, just pay them its worth it to start eliminating possibilities to get to the bottom of this.

 

[Altohombre]

how would copper get in my tank?

 

[cgoodman381]

leached in from a water change? A kid throwing a penny in your tank.... I would just test for it.

 

[cthegame]

its just a safety precaution...you can then eliminate copper from possible causes after you test for it.

 

[Altohombre]

I don't have kids so no pennies in my tank. Water changes go directly from my ro/di to a 5 gallon barrel then into my rubbermaid. Mixed with a rubber thing.

the hermits I added and 2 turbos are all still alive after 4 days. I'll keep you updated.